Improvement in cloth-measuring machines



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1.8.GOLD. Gloth-Measur i ng Machine.

Patented April13,1875. 2

N0. l6l,947.

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WITNESSES: 8 4 62? THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOTO.-LITH .39 8:41 PARK PLAGEJLY.

JOSEPH S. GOLD, OF WASHINGTON C, 11., OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH-MEASURING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161.947, dated April13, 1875; application filed' October 17, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. GOLD, of Washington 0. H., in the countyof Fayette and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedCloth-Measuring Machine, of which the following is a specification:

The invention will first be fully described, and then pointed out in theclaims.

Figure l is partly a side elevation and partly a sectional elevation ofmy improved cloth-rolling machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view, with a partshown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation taken on the line :0 a; of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection through the measuring and recording tape spools on the line y yof Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a section of the cloth-roll and sockets,showing the arrangement of the rollingboard.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the cloth-roll, between which and the weighted roll B thecloth 0 passes from the trough D to the rolling-board E, going over theboards F, under tension-bar G, and over the TJBIlSiOlLbitRH. This lasttension-bar is arranged to shift toward and from bar G, and has slottedmetal bars, I, extendin g along the supportin g-bean1sJ of the frame,and secured by the binding-screws K, to hold the bar H at any requireddistance from the other. Bar G is hinged at one end, and detachablyfastened at the other, to facilitate the adjusting of the cloth underit. The clothroller A extends through one side of the machine, and aninclosed chamber, L, in which are spools M and N, from one to the otherof which the measuring and recording tape Y passes, going over theextension of the clothroll, so as to be drawn by it in unison with thecloth, and being pressed down on it, so as not to slip, by apressure-roll, 0, controlled by a lever, P, and spring Q. The weightedroll B is designed to be sufficiently heavy to insure the turning of thecloth-roll by the cloth itself without other means, and the cloth-rollcarries a pulley, R, which drives the spool M, on which the tape winds,by a belt, S, which is designed to turn it, so as to take up the tape asfast as it is delivered by the cloth-roll.

The tape passes over the tension-guides T, U,

and V, which, together with the cloth-roll and the pressure-roll O, aredesigned to hold it, so that in case the belt should turn the spool toofast when the roll becomes large the belt will slip. A ratchet, W, andpawl X are combined with the spool M, to hold it against turning backinadvertently. The arm P of the pressure-roll is fitted so that wheneverit is required to return the tape to the spool N it can be raised up toallow the tape to be run back by turning the spool with a crank appliedto it. The pawl will at the same time be thrown off from the ratchet. 0represents the two wedge-shaped pieces of the rollingboard; b, thesocket, and c the journal attached to the wide end of each piece, toreceive the narrow end of the other piece, and thus hold them together,so that they can be readily drawn out of the roll of cloth. Thecloth-roll is turned by the cloth, which is drawn through the machine bywinding it on the cloth-rollers E, with a crank orother means, and thecloth is pressed on the clothroll by the roll B with sutticient force tocause it to turn the machine. The tape shows, by the marks upon it, themeasure of the cloth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, with stationary tension G, of thetension H, having slotted. projection I and screw K, as and for thepurpose described.

2. The combination of the extension of the cloth-roll through thetape-chamber L, the tape 0, and the pressure-roller O, substantially asspecified.

JOSEPH S. GOLD.

Witnesses:

AoE GREGG, J. P. RoBINsoN.

